The table illustrates various sources of funding for the police budget, while the pie charts provide a detailed breakdown of its distribution in one particular area of Britain in two years: 2017 and 2018.
Overall, there was a considerable increase in the police budget, to which the national government dedicated significantly more than did local taxes and other sources. It is also important to note that most of the money was allocated to officers and staff salaries.
The total police budget in this area stood at 304.7 million pounds in 2017, rising modestly to 318.6 million pounds in the following year. Notably, the national government remained the primary source of funding, allocating 175.5 and 177.8 million pounds in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Meanwhile, local taxes witnessed a substantial growth in distribution, with its figures rising by 10 million pounds, which was the most significant increase observed in the survey. There was little change in the allocation of other sources, such as grants, hovering around 38 million pounds over a span of two years.
Turning to budgetary allocation, in 2017, the police dedicated three fourths of their budget to officers and staff salaries, which was nine times higher than the figure for technology, at 8%. Thereafter, however, spending on the former declined slightly to 69% in 2018, whereas that on the latter showed a dramatic increase, rising nearly twofold to 14% in the same year. In contrast, the allocation for buildings and transport remained unchanged, standing in the vicinity of one-fifth of the total in both years.